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Moonlighting as a Senior Judge?

Daryl Coffey’s judicial title is something of a debate these days.

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Whether presiding over civil, criminal, or family cases, judges are the only elected or appointed officials in this state who are afforded the power to unilaterally deprive Texans of property or liberty. For that reason, among all elected officials, judges are held to the highest ethical and legal standards.

The rulings of judges who fail to file their constitutional oaths and other mandated government documents as prescribed by law can be challenged through the court appeals process. One such appeal filed by former Tarrant County Justice of the Peace Jacqueline Wright argues that a retired visiting judge unlawfully presided over her recent criminal case.

In 2018, District Attorney Sharen Wilson sought the indictment of Wright for fraud. DA investigators found that Wright was not residing in the home that held her homestead exemption as required by law. The former JP’s friends and family maintain that Wright was targeted by Tarrant County Commissioner J.D. Johnson, whose son, Constable

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After working for more than a decade as a substitute teacher for Fort Worth public schools, Susan, a Black woman, thought committing to full-time work as an elementary school teacher would be a natural fit. We are concealing Susan’s real name to protect her from retaliation from school district leaders.

Her first year at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary in 2020 was shaped by the turmoil of the pandemic. In-person classes resumed in October 2020, and Susan noticed that many Black students did not have access to computers at home. When she began fielding complaints

Jody Johnson, was allegedly tired of working under Wright. Jody’s recent loss in the Precinct 4 commissioner’s primary race to fellow Republican Manny Ramirez is widely seen as a public referendum on decades of alleged graft and misuse of government resources by the Johnson family (“Betting on the Good Old Boys,” Dec. 15).

When Wright’s case came to court in late January, the DA’s public integrity unit revised the charge to three counts of tampering with a government document, even though Wright claims she never altered the homestead exemption document in question. In early February, a jury found her guilty on all three counts, and retired visiting Judge Daryl Coffey, who presided over her trial at the request of District Court Judge Robb Catalano, sentenced the former JP to five years of probation and 10 days in county jail. Catalano stated on a court document that he would be on vacation during Wright’s trial, though he was present throughout the proceedings. The county court spokesperson has ignored my questions regarding Catalano’s presence during his supposed vacation.

Wright declined to comment on this story, citing advice from her attorneys, but court documents show Judge Coffey has a history of skirting the state Constitution and Texas statutes by filing questionable government documents and even misrepresenting himself as a senior judge.

The distinction matters because only Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht can grant senior status to retired judges, but Judge Coffey never complied with the statutes that require judges to file the correct forms after retiring and so was never granted senior status.

In an email, Coffey said that he has never represented himself as a senior judge, but government records reveal otherwise.

David Evans, Presiding Judge of the Eighth Administrative Judicial Region, assigned Coffey at Catalano’s request to oversee

Wright’s case as a senior judge, based on court documents I reviewed.

Evans declined to comment on this story but said he would discuss the case once Wright’s appeal is settled. Coffey said the terms “retired” and “senior” are often used interchangeably by attorneys and judicial officers, but the designations are starkly different, based on state constitutional law.

Chief Justice Hecht can assign senior judges to any court in Texas outside the region where the judge resides, while retired judges are generally assigned to courts within the region where they reside.

In the order, Evans also mandated that attorneys representing the defense and prosecution be given notice of Coffey’s assignment.

“I did not know [Coffey] would be presiding over the trial until we saw” him the first day in court, said Michael Kelly, Wright’s attorney.

Coffey said in an email that he was fully qualified to preside over the case. He responded to several questions via email but declined to comment on the Wright case.

Evans’ labeling of Coffey as a senior judge follows a pattern started by Coffey and allowed by Evans and Tarrant County’s Republican leadership in the years since. The misrepresentation dates to 2014, when Coffey resigned as a longtime misdemeanor court judge and stated his intention to serve as a visiting retired judge in North Texas and retired senior judge throughout Texas. Based on court records, Coffey drafted a letter to Chief Justice Hecht that year requesting assignment as a senior judge, but when I forwarded one supreme court spokesperson a copy of that letter, I was told that Hecht’s office never received Coffey’s request for assignment after retirement.

Texas courts are divided into 11 regions, including the Eighth Administrative Judicial Region, where the validity of Coffey’s ongoing status as a retired, non-senior judge may

be void.

State law requires retired judges who elect to continue service to execute and file the two constitutional oaths with the presiding judge of the region as part of the process of verifying that retired judicial officers are qualified for the position that fills temporary court vacancies.

The first oath that Coffey signed on Nov. 18, 2014, the Statement of Appointed Officer, is an anti-bribery document that must be signed and filed before the judge can take their Oath of Office. Both oaths were revised by constitutional amendment in 2001, and Coffey failed to use a valid Statement of Appointed Officer oath when electing to serve as a retired judge, based on my side-by-side comparison of the document filed by Coffey and the requisite Statement of Appointed Officer oath on the Secretary of State’s website.

The form he used does not contain the following language that was added in 2001: “Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing statement and that the facts stated therein are true.”

On the anti-bribery statement, Coffey listed his status as “senior judge.”

The Oath of Office can be taken only once a valid anti-bribery statement is filed, meaning the only oaths Coffey has on file since his retirement in 2014 may be void.

In 1951, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled in Brown v. State that judges must use the most current constitutional oath or their rulings are void, but there is another problem with the oaths Judge Coffey filed with Evans, that being that they were executed before he left office as an elected judge.

Oaths are valid only when the position they were filed for exists — for Coffey, his retired judge position did not exist until Jan. 1, 2015.

On Nov. 19, 2014, the same day he took his oath, Coffey filed an affidavit with Evans’ office which outlines what types of assign-

from parents about the issue, the school’s principal, Débora Fuentes, allegedly changed her demeanor toward the new teacher. According to the school’s website, Fuentes has served the school district for 14 years as a teacher assistant, dual language teacher, and assistant principal.

“All of a sudden, I start getting walkthroughs from her,” Susan said, referring to the administrative practice of making unannounced in-person visits to a classroom to observe a teacher’s performance.

A Fort Worth school district spokesperson declined to comment on this story.

Around that time, a Black colleague warned Susan that Fuentes was allegedly known for retaliating against faculty she perceived as enemies. Susan alleges that the harassment and intimidation became so bad that she reached out to the local teacher’s union for advice. The union tried to remedy the situation by speaking with the principal, Susan alleges, but Fuentes refused to address the lingering issues during a Zoom meeting between her and union reps.

Susan alleges that, during her first two years at Van Zandt-Guinn, several Black teachers left or retired from the school.

I submitted open records requests with the school district two months ago. After multiple inquiries into the delays in forwarding information related to the number of teachers who have retired or left the elementary school in recent

years and the teachers’ races, the school district continues to block my open records request.

At the advice of the teachers’ union, Susan drafted a letter to Fuentes seeking to settle their personal differences. The letter resulted in further walk-throughs and snide remarks from the principal, the teacher alleges.

Susan said the ongoing discrimination, allegedly due to Susan’s ethnicity, compelled her to file a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace.

Jonathan (not his real name) also works at Van Zandt-Guinn and backs up the grounds for Susan’s complaint.

“Under the administration of [Superintendent] Kent Scribner, there have been numerous allegations of bullying” by school administrators across the district, Jonathan told me. “The atmosphere at Van Zandt-Guinn has become rather toxic.”

Without stating why, Scribner recently announced that he will step down in August. Jonathan alleges that Fuentes failed to follow school district policy when reprimanding his professional conduct several times beginning in 2020.

“As an African American teacher, those steps are usually bypassed,” he alleged.

Jonathan provided descriptions of what he characterized as trivial and petty grounds

for being formally reprimanded.

“I have received a reprimand because my student wrote his answer in the wrong answer slot during a workbook exercise,” he said.

Sarah, a longtime Black school district teacher who also wished to remain anonymous, wrote in an open letter that her year under Fuentes was the worst year ever.

Sarah alleges Fuentes would pass her and not say anything but then would greet the dual language teachers. The principal, she alleges, put Sarah on growth plans as a punitive measure.

“I would follow the plans to the letter, but she would put me on the same growth plan again,” Sarah said. “She accused me of giving fake test results and proceeded to have my students retested. She ultimately put me up for termination, and I had to fight to keep my job.

She would write me up for every little thing.”

Susan, who filed the EEOC complaint, said Fuentes has put her in a difficult situation.

Susan told me she is seeking a settlement with the school district in return for a contractual agreement that she will not pursue litigation elsewhere. The teacher did not disclose how much she is seeking from FWISD, and, under common practice, any settlement would likely come with a nondisclosure agreement.

“I can go to another district, but I’m living here in Fort Worth,” she said. “They just want the EEOC investigation to disappear.” l

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ments judges are eligible for. Coffey stated that he was eligible for assignment as a senior judge throughout 2015.

“I have never represented myself as senior judge,” Coffey told me, adding that he is careful never to misrepresent himself in court. “I have taken judicial oaths every term since 1991 and after retirement in 2015. I filed the originals.”

His response does not explain why he listed his title as senior on multiple government forms, and Coffey never directly addressed any questions tied to the records I reviewed and forwarded to him.

“I believe I am legally qualified to sit in most any trial court under Texas law,” Coffey said. “You must realize that when you get out of populated areas, a single Texas judge may preside over family, probate, criminal, and all facets of civil [cases] in a week of dockets.

Some multiple-county districts may do all types of law in several counties. Specialty jurisdictions are largely only in higher populations of cities.”

Coffey never presided over a family court case during his active career, meaning he does not meet state eligibility to be assigned to family court cases, but in 2015 and 2021 following retirement, he requested assignments to family court cases.

Whether or not Evans ever assigned Coffey to a family court case remains unclear because Evans, according to one confidential source (not Wright), is allegedly hiding Cof-

fey’s past assignments. The source, who monitors judicial misconduct across the state, began inquiring into Coffey’s eligibility to serve on the bench following the Weekly’s publication of an editorial about the Wright case in February. The watchdog recently provided me with two emails from Evans’ office. In one, from late March, Evans said that Coffey’s assignments can be retrieved in return for $114.

“We have identified the documents, and they total 242 pages,” Evans wrote.

Evans changed his stance in an email he recently sent to Wright, saying that copies of Coffey’s past assignments do not exist. I have made my own request under Rule 12 — Texas courts’ version of open records requests — for copies of Coffey’s assignments but have not received the documents.

My other Rule 12 requests revealed that Coffey told one of Wright’s attorneys that he files oaths every year, although county records show otherwise. Visiting judges must file oaths on the first day of any trial they preside over. Depending on whether the trial is in a county or district court, the judge must file with either the county clerk or secretary of state’s office.

“We have checked our records and did not find any oaths responsive to your requests for oaths for Judge Daryl Coffey 2014 to present,” a Tarrant County clerk told me via email.

The secretary of state’s office similarly has no oaths by Coffey on file since 2014. Coffey said that he has filed the required constitutional oaths around a dozen times over his 24year career. When asked about the lack of any oaths on file since 2014, Coffey referred me to the “presumption of regularity,” a phrase first

used by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1926 that supports acts of public officers in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary, which I took to mean: “If Evans assigned me, it must have been OK.” The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled in 1999 that a valid constitutional oath was required for a judge’s ruling to stand in the often-cited case Prieto Bail Bonds v. State.

In 1993, retired Judge Jerry Woodard of El Paso County ordered bondsmen with Prieto Bail Bonds to forgo $40,000 because a defendant who held a Prieto bond had failed to appear in court by the time Woodard called roll. Attorneys representing Prieto appealed the ruling to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The 1999 decision by the nine justices overturned multiple lower court rulings and found that Woodard’s actions in 1993 were void because the retired judge had not taken the oath after retiring.

“Because Judge Woodard was required to take the constitutional oaths but did not do so, all judicial actions taken by him in the case below were void and a nullity, so were without authority,” the court’s opinion read.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is equal in standing to the Supreme Court of Texas, meaning that Prieto Bail Bonds v. State carries the weight of the highest court in the Lone Star State.

In March, one of Wright’s appellate attorneys asked Evans for all constitutional oaths filed by Coffey since retiring.

“What I need quickly is any documentation related to his most recent oath of office that would cover the time frame of our client’s trial,” the attorney wrote in an email, refer-

ring to Wright’s court case.

Judge Evans’ office failed to disclose that there were no documents responsive to that request. Instead, an administrator with Evans’ office gave Wright’s attorney several affidavits used by Coffey to request assignments.

In the coming weeks, our news magazine will receive documents that may indicate when Coffey and other judges presided over cases without oaths and whether other judges are being assigned senior-judge cases erroneously. Coffey said that he is scheduled to fill in for Judge David Hagerman, who presides over the 297th District Court, in June — two weeks after the start of former police officer Aaron Dean’s murder trial, which Hagerman is assigned to. I have requested a copy of Coffey’s assignment to Hagerman’s court.

It remains unclear whether or not Hagerman knowingly requested a constitutionally unqualified visiting judge to preside over the 297th District Court.

Following Coffey’s retirement in 2014, Judge Charles Vanover filled the vacated criminal court and has served there since. On his most recent campaign page, Vanover lists Coffey as a “retired senior judge” under the endorsements section. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct that enforces judicial ethics laws, based on the commission’s public statements, bars judges from endorsing candidates.

I reached out to Vanover to learn who provided that description of Coffey but did not hear back. Coffey said his name was used without his permission, and Vanover recently removed Coffey’s name from his 2022 campaign website. l

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Opening Day finally arrived, and despite the Rangers’ loss, it was well worth the wait.

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There was much to celebrate on Opening Day after a 99-day lockout.

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fter a gloomy winter that included a 99-day lockout that prevented players from going to their respective stadiums, an agreement was reached on March 10, to let the games begin.

The work stoppage shortened spring training and delayed the start of the 2022 season that was scheduled to begin March

31. Still, all’s well that ends well as baseball fans appear to let bygones be bygones.

Many began arriving early for the Monday 3:07 p.m. home opener to see the new-look Texas Rangers, who scored 23 runs in the three-game opening series in Toronto despite losing two of those games to the Blue Jays.

So the anticipation was high.

“While we may not be in the World Series, we are set to build up on that,” said manager Chris Woodward, who begins his fourth year as the Rangers’ skipper.

“There’s a lot of excitement with this team, and we want to go out there and show our fans this team.”

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“The past two years have been tough,” said Rob Matwick, the Rangers’ executive vice president for ballpark operations. “It’s been a grind.”

Opening Day 2020 was to be an exciting time as we were all looking forward to the stadium’s inaugural season. Then came a contagious virus called COVID-19, and everything shut down. The only fans allowed during the shortened 60-game regular season were doppel-cardboard cutouts.

A limited number of fans were allowed in later during the postseason, when Globe Life Field hosted some of the playoffs, including the World Series. Fans returned in full last year, but there were some restrictions and mask requirements.

There are no such restrictions this year, and things appeared to be back to normal at Globe Life Field and at the nearby parking areas as evidenced by the numerous tailgate parties and the festive atmosphere.

For me, this was the 22nd consecutive Texas Rangers opening day I have attended.

My day started at 9:30 a.m., when the media parking lot opened. It was special

because it was the first time media were allowed in the teams’ clubhouses and the media interview room. The past two years, most of the players’ and the manager’s interviews were done via Zoom.

The Rangers’ two-level clubhouse is about an acre in size and has all the amenities a player may need, including a barbershop. Before entering, reporters were required to show vaccination proof and also wear a mask.

Last year was the first time media were allowed on the field prior to a game but were not allowed in the dugout.

For many of the new players, this was their first time in the Rangers’ clubhouse — they marveled at what they saw. This was not, however, new Ranger Corey Seager’s first time here. He was in the clubhouse during the 2020 postseason as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Seager was named MVP for both the National League Division Series and the World Series.

Perhaps a little superstitious, he requested the same locker he used during the 2020 postseason as a Dodger.

Seager is one of the reasons Rangers fans are encouraged about the 2022 season as they try to forget last year, when the team lost 102 games while winning only 60. It was their worst record since 1973, when they lost 105 games.

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The Modern begins its twentieth year in its Tadao Ando-designed galleries with a permanent collection exhibition focused on works acquired since the building’s opening. Both floors showcase paintings, photographs, sculptures, and videos by artists from a wide range of cultures and geographies.

The reason for the optimism this year is because the Rangers spent more than half a billion dollars to upgrade the team, signing superstar players to multiyear contracts.

Besides Seager, they also signed All-Star infielder Marcus Semien. Both he and Seager will anchor the Rangers’

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Santa was on hand to tell the kiddos Opening Day is just like Christmas morning. (It is.)

middle infield for years to come. The duo has won multiple Gold Gloves and Silver Slugger awards. They are expected to provide much needed offensive power along with newcomers Kole Calhoun and Mitch Garver. In the first four games of the season, the team has scored 27 runs and currently has the highest-scoring offense in the major league.

“The first thing I’m going to do when I get in is buy a program because I don’t know many of the new players,” said Kurt Hill of Arlington. “It looks like it’s going to be an interesting season.”

The club also signed frontline pitcher Jon Gray and former Ranger Martin Perez to solidify the starting rotation.

“We’re going to be good for a long time,” said public address announcer Chuck Morgan.

The Rangers’ home opener was definitely interesting and definitely good. There were more than 35,000 in attendance, including former President George W. Bush and a person dressed as Santa Claus, who kept telling children that Opening Day is like Christmas Day. It was a special day because it marked the 50th anniversary of the Rangers playing in Arlington. The National Anthem was continued on page 9

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sung by Vanessa Vandergriff Watters, the daughter of former Arlington mayor Tom Vandergriff, who was the man responsible for bringing a Major League club to North Texas.

Watters sung the National Anthem 50 years ago at the first Rangers game in Arlington, when she was an 18-year-old student at Arlington High School. Today she was accompanied by her sister and niece.

“I think I’m more nervous today than I was 50 years ago,” Watters said. “I’m very honored to do it.”

The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Orion Jean, a sixth grader at Alma Martinez Intermediate School in Mansfield and TIME magazine’s 2021 Kid of the Year. []Receiving the ceremonial first pitch was former Rangers catcher and Hall of Famer Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez.

“It was amazing to be on the field with Mr. Rodriguez,” Jean said. “I was a little nervous.”

When asked if he would get in trouble for not being in the classroom today, he said his school superintendent was at the game and would vouch for him.

Following the pregame ceremonies, Rangers starter Taylor Hearn, a Texas

native, took the mound, and the southpaw fired the first pitch to Colorado Rockies leadoff hitter Connor Joe. The game had a little bit of everything.

The roof was open. The stadium was loud.

Food and beverages were plentiful. On the field, there were homers, strikeouts, extra base hits, fielding and throwing errors, and a controversial call in the 10th inning that gave the Rockies a 6-4 win. The umpires ruled that runner Mitch Garver’s questionable slide at second base violated some obscure rule about running into a fielder trying to make a play.

It was the second time in three years the Rangers’ home-opener opponent was the Rockies, whom they beat 1-0 in the first game played at Globe Life Field.

It was the team’s third home opener at Globe Life Field and the 51st overall since the franchise moved to Arlington from Washington, D.C., in 1972.

The Rangers are now 25-26 in home openers.

Let’s see what the next 50 years bring as a new era has begun. l Ozzie Garza has been writing about the Rangers for more than 20 years. He is a frequent contributor to the Fort Worth Weekly.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Starring Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law. Directed by David Yates. Written by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves. Rated PG-13.

SCREEN Hollywood’s least effective franchise wheezes on.

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Truly, it would have been better for everyone if David Yates had left J.K. Rowling’s clutches after the last Harry Potter film or maybe even sooner. Not that he’s devoid of talent behind the camera, but watching him continue to helm the Fantastic Beasts series is like watching a sports team play out the string when its coach is out of ideas. We badly need someone who can see this material with fresh eyes. You’ll recall that the Harry Potter series got good only in its third movie, when a new director came in. The third Fantastic Beasts film opens this weekend, and while it’s a noticeable improvement over its two predecessors, it doesn’t rise to the level of goodness. For its complement of interesting ideas, the thing stubbornly refuses to budge, let alone take flight.

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Spell It Out Jude Law wields his charm while Eddie Redmayne looks on in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

One of those ideas is a gay romance occupying front and center, rather than just being a casual character detail. Early on, we learn that Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, replacing Johnny Depp in the role) were a couple in their younger days, before the future Hogwarts headmaster saw what his boyfriend was turning into. Leftover from that relationship is a spell that will kill either of them if they directly try to harm the other. Thus, Dumbledore sends a team of wizards to prevent his ex from starting a genocidal war on nonmagical people. The team includes Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his more socially adept brother Theseus (Callum Turner), Newt’s assistant (Victoria Yeates), and a Black American (Jessica Williams) who recruits

Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) even though he desperately wants to forget about magic and concentrate on the Polish bakery he just opened in London.

Much of the film takes place in Berlin in the 1930s, where the wizards arrive to find Grindelwald cleared of homicide charges and standing in an election to lead the wizarding world. Cue a lot of Albert Speer-inspired designs. One African wizard (William Nadylam) is tasked with a mission there, and just as you’re thinking that a Black man wandering solo in this historical time and place might be fraught, we never see him until he’s accomplished what he set out to do. Rowling was always good at drawing parallels between the Harry Potter stories and contemporary Britain, but she’s unwilling or unable to

do the same thing with history. I’m not saying that equating Grindelwald with Hitler without being glib would be easy to do, but then, why set the movie in Berlin in the ’30s if you’re not going to try?

The plotting is more promising, as Grindelwald acquires the ability to predict the future, which means the wizards all have their own separate missions without knowing what the others are doing or how their work fits together. This is ingenious, and it could have been handled more deftly in the pages of a novel. A book would also have had room for Jacob’s attempts to extricate Queenie Goldstein (Alison Sudol) from the dark side and Dumbledore’s efforts to reconcile his surly brother (Richard Coyle) with his biological son, Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller). The action set pieces here, like the one where the Scamander brothers try not to be stung by scorpion-like creatures, might have come off better on the page. The gay romance comes off as bland because of Law and Mikkelsen’s phlegmatic form, and while Redmayne is more firmly locked into the role of an antisocial type who’s more comfortable around animals than people, he’s not enough to carry this 142-minute opus. As a screenwriter, Rowling is still trying to squeeze the plot and detail of one of her novels into a movie, and she’s showing no signs of improvement. Rowling’s star has fallen recently due to her transphobic rhetoric, and her critics have been right about one thing: She should have stuck to the books. l

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I should have known the excitement of the Mavs’ regular season was bound to turn to hopelessness.

I just didn’t think it’d be this soon.

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This past Sunday, all was set for an absolutely glorious local sports day.

Beautiful spring weather, coals glowing on the grill, plenty of suds on ice, and an unbroken 10-hour slate of DFW-centric sports viewing that (along with said plenty o’ suds) promised to carry me gently off to sleepytime before another brutal workweek ahead.

For most of the day, whatever usually miserly gods they’ve put in charge of my happiness seemed to be cooperating. The Rangers overcame a four-run first inning by the Blue Jays to win 12-6, avoiding a sweep in the season’s opening series. Some of that Rangers offensive prowess seemed to rub off on their crosstown buddies as the Stars managed to outscore the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4. If I’d have wanted to, I could have also bounced channels to take in some of North Texas native Scottie Scheffler winning his first PGA major tournament on the hallowed grounds of Augusta at the Masters.

However, all the above feel-goody local sports heroism early in the day combined to simply be the setup before the fall. The evening’s main event was the Mavericks hosting the Spurs in the last game of the regular season, one last aperitif before what looked like it could

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The lord giveth, and He taketh away. Dončić limped off the floor after injuring his left calf, dashing fans’ hopes of a long playoff run.

be the Mavs’ potential best playoff run in a decade. With the 130-120 victory, that game should have been the cap on a genuinely great sports day, but as has been their prerogative for most of my life, those sadistic sports gods saw fit to steal my brief joy and replace it with the cold familiarity of darkness and despair.

Two minutes into the third quarter of the game, MVP-in-all-but-name point guard Luka Dončić collided with Spurs big man Zach Collins while leaping for a pass.

Dončić came down awkwardly after the crash and immediately began wincing in pain. It took no time before the Slovenian superstar was limping to the locker room, appearing to carry all the Mavs’ playoff hopes off the court with him.

An MRI on Monday confirmed Mavericks fans’ initial fears. Luka has suffered a left calf strain, the severity of which is, as of this writing, unknown.

Calf strains are a tricky injury with a very ambiguous timetable for return. Educated guesses floating around the interwebs and wholly un-factchecked by me put the range from as little as a few days to as much as several months. To put it in some concrete and admittedly more familiar perspective

for me (i.e., football-related), Cowboys QB Dak Prescott had a similar injury from landing strangely during a touchdown celebration this past season. It took nearly three weeks before he could even return as a “full-go” participant in practice.

Similarly, wide receiver Michael Gallup also strained his calf during the first game of the season. It was more than two months before he saw game action again. The short-burst mechanics of football playing versus the constant planting and breaking and the leverage required for basketball make me think this type of injury is worse for b-ballers than NFL jocks. In other words, there’s a pretty big likelihood that Luka misses the entire first round of the playoffs. Without him, it’s hard to imagine the Mavericks making it more than five or six games, much less into Round 2.

Suddenly, shockingly, in an ultimately meaningless game, all the optimism surrounding this Mavericks team which has been steadily building over the last few months vanished. There has been so much to get excited about for the postseason.

The stabilizing of head coach Jason Kidd’s defensive philosophy, the rise of Jalen Brunson, Dwight Powell, and Dorian

Finney-Smith into actual reliable starters, the weight of human contract anvil and apparent total team vibe killer Kristaps Porzingis being removed, the surprising reinvention of Spencer Dinwiddie (an almost afterthought tossed into the deal to get out from under KP at the deadline) — all of it had the team white hot as the regular season wrapped. Hell, they’d gone a staggering 18-5 record since the All-Star break! Of course, despite all those other contributing factors, it’s been Luka who has been the main driving force. He’s been the unquestioned best player in the league since the February ice storms. Now, it just feels like none of that matters.

So here I am again. Back in the cold confines of sports doomsdayism. As the Cowboys are my favorite professional sports team, this is familiar territory.

Homey even. As the clock ticks off until Game 1 against the Utah Jazz Saturday, all we can do is cry, gnash our teeth, rend our garments, and lament what a cruel world the sports gods have designed for us here in North Texas. All that and hope that Luka Magic™ includes a Wolverine-like healing factor. l

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Magennis describes her work as “a way to merge game development techniques into tattooing to break the limitations of the human skin.”

Her dedication to her trade is obvious in her work, with many favorable reviews

young woman with amazing talent and an interesting story.

Now, Magennis hopes to call Fort Worth her permanent home.

Magennis is working diligently to obtain a visa for her US citizenship. As anyone can imagine the process is not easy, especially when you are trying to make a living being an artist. Making art is her passion but to be a US citizen is her dream.

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from her clients on social media as proof and invitations from regional events under her belt. Texas Ink magazine recently invited Magennis as a judge for its second annual Longview Ark-La-Tex Tattoo & Art Expo where she received major accolades for her talent. Jaws dropped.

When Dark Age Tattoo Fort Worth (2836 Bledsoe Ste 200, DarkAgesFW. com, 682-499-5734) — home to many talented artists — was looking for artists for their new location above Rodeo Goat and brought Magennis on, they found a

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Having received her degree in arts and technology — game design and 3D animation — from the University of Texas at Dallas, South African fantasy artist Rowan Magennis transitioned to doing tattoos as a profession during the pandemic in August of 2021 and is now a tattoo artist on a full-time basis at a prestigious studio in Fort Worth.

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drink in the atrium and head to The Lounge to create your own work inspired by the new installation, “Double Vision,” 5pm-8pm. Talk to professionals in the art world stationed throughout the museum 6pm-7:30pm, where you will “gain insight” into Stephanie Syjuco’s “Double Vision” and learn about Indigenous representation in art.” RSVP for free at CarterMuseum.com.

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As with most holidays, Crockett Row (W 7th Street at University Drive, Friday 817-810-9076) has big plans for Good Friday. Take free photos with the Easter Bunny in the Pop-Up Party Space (2916 Crockett St) and hunt eggs 5pm-8pm at participating bars and businesses, including Brandi Cottingham Art, Concrete Cowboy, Hiatus Spa & Retreat, Insomnia Cookies, It’s a Secret Med Spa, Movie Tavern, Social House Fort Worth, and Toasted Coffee & Kitchen. (For more Easter events, see this issue’s Big Ticket.)

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After questioning the long-term effects of traditional medicine with her patients, Dr. Lisa Gardner sought an alternative and discovered the benefits of CBD oil. Meet her and other CBD vendors at the Thrive 420 Block Party Wed, Apr 20.

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The theme of this Second Thursday at the Carter is Inspiration & Identity.

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Water Lantern Festival — a nationwide event featuring floating Saturday lanterns, food, games, music, and vendors — returns to Panther Island Pavilion (395 Purcey St, 817698-0700) from 5pm to 9pm. Tickets are $25.99 per person thru Friday or $40.99 per person on the day of the event at WaterLanternFestival.com.

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Rock N Roll Rummage Sale is always the third Sunday of the month at Sunday Lola’s Trailer Park (2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100) from noon to 6pm. More than 40 local vendors will be selling their wares, including antiques, art, books, collectibles, jewelry, oddities, retro items, vintage finds, and more. Food

is available for purchase from Dayne’s Craft Barbecue, Mama Lu’s Tamales, and more. Admission is free.

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Located inside The Sinclair Hotel, finedining steakhouse Monday Wicked Butcher (512 Main St, 817-601-4621) is doing its part to help Ukraine by raising money for the World Central Kitchen through Chef Jose Andres’ program #ChefsforUkraine.

The WCK provides meals to refugees sheltering in Ukraine or arriving in Hungary, Moldova, Poland, and Romania.

When you dine at Wicked Butcher every Monday in April, 50% of the proceeds will be donated to help feed Ukrainian refugees.

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Delilah “Duchess of Debauchery” DuBois hosts Books & Looks: Tuesday A Drag Show 8pm11pm at The Library Bar (611 Houston St, 817-885-8201), featuring burlesque, comedy, and drag performances by Barbie Davenport Dupree and Morelia Blue with music by DJ Shawn “The Showman” Kay. Tickets are $15-$25 on Eventbrite.com.

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Thrive Apothecary (212 Carroll St, 817-480-7098) Wednesday hosts its annual Thrive 420 Block Party 4pm7pm. Multiple cannabis vendors will be on hand, plus CBD-infused margaritas and tacos from Magdelena’s Food Truck will be available for purchase. There is no cost to attend. (For more 420 — and Earth Day — events, pick up next week’s issue.)

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Those who view this Sunday as Resurrection Day know that it’s time to break out your Sunday best and some white shoes — if you were raised right, you know what I mean — and occupy a pew at church. As most modern congregations have a great

Oh, the Easter memories.

social media presence, a simple search through Facebook events will lead you to a service near you.

For example, our neighbors at Fellowship Church (508 Carroll St, 972-471-5700) have Easter services at 9:30am and 11am Sun. You can also stream services or find info on its other campuses in Dallas, Frisco, Grapevine, or Hawkins/Allasco Ranch at FellowshipChurch.com. Easter weekend kicks off at 7pm Fri at Good Friday at the Park at Kylde Warren Park (2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas), featuring a message from Pastor Ed Young, music, kids’ activities, and food trucks.

There are free community activities for Easter all over North Texas. There are enough hidden eggs in Fort Worth and Arlington alone that you can just load up the kids, pack some juice boxes, and do your own #EasterEggCrawl Saturday.

I’ll sort them out for you by the time of day. Here we go.

On the Hunt 10am, Fort Worth: the Easter Egg Hunt & Petting Zoo at First Baptist Church (Trails Campus, 9208 Trammel Davis Rd, 817-282-3628) and Medji Temple #45 Shriner’s Easter Egg Hunt at Sycamore Park (2401 E Rosedale St, @Medji45).

10am, Arlington: Easter Eggstravaganza at All Saints Lutheran Church (4325 SW Green Oaks Blvd, 817-483-1631); Easter Egg Hunt at City Chapel (4015 W I-20, 817-561-1295); and Egg Hunt Extravaganza at Trinity United Methodist Church (1200 W Green Oaks Blvd, 817-274-1345).

Bunny is here to help create those special memories of your terrified children on the lap of a giant furry beast. Good luck with that. Tanger Outlets (15853 N Fwy, 817-464-5400) hosts Spring Photos & Easter Bunny Moments noon-5pm FriSat. For pricing and a time slot, go to LavenderPathways.com.

Cabela’s (12901 Cabela Dr, 817-3372410) is doing its annual bunny pics 11am-3pm Sun with packages starting at $15. Reservations are available at Cabelas.com/Easter.

For most adults, Easter means brunch.

On Sunday, Lava Cantina also has a live jazz brunch 10am-2pm, featuring an extensive list of from-scratch items served buffet-style. The cost is $29 per adult and $15 for kids (12 years old and under). Plus, there will be a visit from the Easter Bunny. (Read about more Easter Brunch ideas in last week’s Big Ticket at FWWeekly.com or in this issue’s Eats & Drinks section.)

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Ste 109, 817-238-3386) hosts a Dulce Easter Candy-Themed CharcuterieWith-Me Class taught by Queso+Carne (@QuesoCarneBoxDelivery).

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At noon Sat in The Colony, Lava Cantina (5805 Grandscape Blvd, 214-618-6893) has an Easter egg hunt that includes a screening of the 2018 live-action/ computer-animated family comedy film Peter Rabbit (based on the Beatrix Potter character of the same name) beforehand.

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With a new season comes new Ballpark food. Ever had an alligator corndog? You can if you go to a Texas Rangers home game this season.

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• For the chicken-fried brisket sandwich, generous pieces of in-house-smoked Nolan Ryan Beef Brisket are hand-battered, fried, and piled on thick slices of Texas toast with pickles, red onions, and Sweet

• Created by a Rangers fan in 2020 as part of a recipe contest, the brisket egg rolls feature tender house-smoked brisket shredded and rolled up in a classic eggroll wrap with Napa cabbage, then deep fried until crispy. Served with Togarashi-seasoned fries and Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce for dipping. Available at the Go Deep Fried stands in sections 121, 225, and 230.

• The Impossible vegan bratwurst is served on a fresh, locally baked vegan roll with grilled onions. Available at the Vegan Cart in Section 101.

• This is a classic chicken salad sandwich — but with vegan “chicken.” Served with

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• Golden Chick’s signature battered fries come loaded with Ricos Nacho Cheese, bacon bits, and Ricos Jalapenos at the Golden Chick stand in Section 128.

• For the mac ’n’ cheese nachos, Tostitos Tortilla Chips are covered with Ricos Cheese Sauce, a pile of creamy mac ’n’ cheese, pico de gallo, Ricos Jalapenos, and a drizzle of sour cream. Available at the concession stands in sections 106 and 225.

• For the cornbread chili pie dog, a Texas Chili all-angus beef hot dog is served with fresh-baked cornbread as the bun. It’s all continued on page 20

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• The alligator corndog is an alligator andouille sausage hand-dipped in corndog batter and fried to a delicious golden brown.

Available at the Bullpen Grill in Section 125.

Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce. Available at the Sweet Baby Ray’s stand in Section 125.

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From alligator corndogs to chicken-fried brisket — and vegan bratwurst — Globe Life Field has come up with more creative culinary treats for 2022.

The team unveiled to media members the assortment of food that will be sold at Globe Life Field in 2022.

“We always try to find something unique,” said Casey Rapp from Delaware North, the company that oversees food service at the stadium. Ranging in price from $10 to $16.50, the following new items are available now.

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topped with Texas Chili, shredded cheddar cheese, and Ricos Jalapenos. Available at the concession stands in sections 132 and 225.

Although this is Texas, where folks like their red meat, Globe Life Field was once again recognized as the Best Vegan Ballpark.

In addition, there are three new hospitality spaces.

• Arlington Eats, which is located near Section 101, features pop-up outposts of local restaurants during weekend games and select events. Arlington’s Hurtado Barbecue Co. was the main concept for the home opener Monday and the Tuesday game. The Rangers will next shine a light on Ella B’s Restaurant April 15-17 and Prince Lebanese Grill April 29-31.

• 421 Food Hall — named as a tip of the cap to the Rangers’ first game in Arlington (April 21, 1972) — has been added to the upper concourse near Section 225. The space features buffet-style dining with a mix of open seating at picnic and high-top tables, along with an exclusive lounge for season ticket holders.

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• The High Ball Bar, which is close to the 421 Food Hall, has a cocktail lounge vibe, complete with couches, lounge chairs, and a mix of high-top and traditional tables.

The High Ball Bar will serve a variety of specialty cocktails and beer and will be accessible to all fans near Section 223.

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“We work closely with the Rangers to ensure our hospitality program is constantly evolving and adding to the game-day experience at Globe Life Field,” Rapp said.

“Our culinary team has been hard at work this offseason creating a fun mix of new items for the 2022 season that feature creative twists on fan-favorites, with a range of regional flavors and products.”

The All You Can Eat Section has been moved to sections 27-33 to allow fans to have a full view of the game while they dine, unlike last year.

This is a media event I always look forward to attending, not only for the food but also to see fellow media members, whom I see only during the regular season.

Two years ago, I was at the same event to once again write about ballpark food for 2020.

It was an exciting time as we were all looking forward to the stadium’s inaugural season.

Then came some contagious virus called COVID, and everything shut down. There were no fans to purchase food that year as Doppel Rangers cardboard cutouts don’t eat.

A limited number of fans were allowed later that year during the postseason, and fans returned in full last year, but there were some restrictions and mask requirements.

“It’s exciting not to have restrictions this year,” Rapp said.

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For those celebrating at home, The Butcher Shop has ready-to-roast or precooked entrees, sides, and desserts that can be ordered thru 11am Sat at BBButchers.com for pickup 10am-4pm Fri-Sun. (Note: A 24hour notice is required.)

2.) For those celebrating at home, Central Market stores in Fort Worth (4651 W Fwy, 817-989-4700) and Southlake (1425 E Southlake Blvd, 817-310-5600) offer complete meals, prepared entrees, and sides for Passover and Easter season. Orders can be placed now through 6pm Thu, but you can also walk in and pick up a few a la carte dishes from the Chef ’s Case at each store on your trip in for bakery items, candles, seasonal floral arrangements, and more.

Order now at CentralMarket.com/Easter or call the store(s).

3.) With locations in Colleyville (5220 Hwy 121, 817-482-5030) and Watauga (5901 Watauga Rd, 817-656-0080), Chef Point Cafe has a special menu for Sunday. Check it out at ChefPointCafe.org/Easter-Menu.

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7.) If you’d like a little bocce or bowling with your brunch, head to Pinstripes (5001 Trailhead Bend Way, 682-352-0808) 10am3pm Sun. The Easter brunch buffet includes a carving station, waffle station, a sweets table, and more, plus bottomless mimosas and Aperol spritzes. The Easter Bunny will make a special appearance to hand out treats and take pictures with the kids. The cost is $27 for adults, $12 for children 6 to 12, and free for kids 5 and under.

8.) Finally, it’s worth noting that Witherite Law Group and 1-800-TruckWreck are helping families in need this Easter by hosting a free ham giveaway 11am-2pm Thu at The Honey Baked Ham Company (4201 S Cooper St, Ste 71, Arlington, 817465-1800). Gift cards will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. DeDe McGuire and Jade “Lady Jade” Burrowes of the nationally syndicated radio show DeDe in the Morning and Dallas radio personalities Cat Daddy and Slim Thousand will be making special appearances.

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Psychedelic Panther

The three-day festival at MASS is a trance-like celebration of a genre and its purveyors across North Texas.

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Joe Guzman has worked with his own band Flow State and other groups around town booking shows in the past, but this is his first time tackling a three-day festival.

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From Friday through Sunday at MASS, Psychedelic Panther will bring together more than 25 psychedelic or psych-oriented bands from all across North Texas to share two stages (indoor and out), and the event will also feature lots of fantastic imagery and food from Four Sisters — A Taste of Vietnam and Planta Potosi.

The whole point is for artists and “free thinkers” to confab over groovy local tunes.

Seeing so many new sounds from the Fort and beyond inspired Guzman to put them all in one place. Psych rock, he said, isn’t too popular, but it’s worth more attention than what it’s currently getting.

“The vision I had was to try and get something going that would not only incorporate all of Fort Worth’s psych-rock artists but also bands from other cities to work together across scenes to come together as a community,” he said. “The goal of psychrock is to detach the listener from reality or ‘represent’ an altered state of consciousness.”

Driving Slow Motion, Sunbuzzed, Picnic Lightning, Helium Queens, The Robot Bonfire, Uncle Toasty, and Phantomelo are among the headliners.

“I tried to reach out to bands that were either psychedelic in nature or psych leaning,” Guzman said. “It’s a big umbrella, including subgenres.”

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with MASS owner Ryan Higgs and event coordinator Alan Brown late in 2021.

“We didn’t hesitate to say yes,” Higgs said. “It’s not a popular genre, but we’ve got it down to where it will be a normal day at MASS. In this instance, I think some of the bands are here for the genre camaraderie and exposure.”

Artist James Benjamin Maker will project psychedelic images onto a large panther-shaped art instillation. “It will be a visual experience as well as auditory experience with projections on the inside stage,” Guzman said. “It’s going to be a great time.”

KTCU/88.7-FM and Radio UTD are two student media outlets promoting the fest. The Chat Room Pub and the Dallas Observer are just two of the 14 total sponsors helping with the production.

Guzman said every band jumped at the chance to play, with some saying Psychedelic Panther sounded like it could become a regular thing and maybe an annual destination festival. The music will keep playing throughout the festival, Guzman said, with bands alternating sets inside and outside.

“I’m very excited to be there and see everybody perform,” Guzman said. “All the bands are really unique and bring a lot to the table.” l

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How do you promote a band in 2022? Are Instagram posts enough? Or should you spend time and money printing posters and other stuff that will probably end up in a trash can?

The other day, I saw a flyer for a band’s new single stapled to a telephone pole in my Southside neighborhood, and it got me thinking about how much I used to hate having to bother a happy hour bartender or the cashier at a headshop about hanging a poster for one of my bands’ upcoming shows, and that train of thought reminded me that the poster placement part was only the last step in a process that also included an ordeal at Kinko’s following a band argument over fonts.

In the grand scheme of band hassles, putting up show posters is a minor one, but it is a little surprising to me that people still suffer the journey intrinsic to physical advertising in the age of social media. Yet show posters continue to appear in bar windows and above bar urinals, probably with fonts that chagrin someone enough to start a solo project.

I’ve never had a solo project, but I have had strong opinions about fonts, arguing that this font was more memorable than that font, and if purple on black was good enough for Sabbath, it was perfectly fine for us. But I couldn’t tell you anything about the font on the flyer that caught my attention, nor the one with the relevant information, though I did remember the important pieces: The new single was called “Saturday” by a band I’d never

heard of called Chancy. I don’t want to describe the flyer any more other than that the band photo made me feel like they might sound like Meach Pango, and given that one of the members is holding a Pokémon plushie as if it were an actual pet, I guessed that they might also dabble in the sort of silliness that makes me feel like a 90-year-old man, for whom whimsy is as disagreeable as ghost peppers and taking the stairs. But I looked them up all the same, learning that they A.) come from Dallas and B.) released that single around Thanksgiving of last year.

How long have I passed that flyer and not noticed it? I literally walk by that telephone pole at least once a day — if you want to see it for yourself, it’s near the Brix Barbecue trailer — yet have only just now seen it. I don’t know why I stopped to look finally, but the end of this story is that the physical poster was captivating enough for me to give them a few minutes of my time, which is more than I can say for the hundreds of Instagram posts I see on a given day.

I cannot say exactly why a faded photo of some young people next to a QR code captured my attention, but I am far more enamored these days with out-of-screen experiences than anything that gives me the option to scroll past. Maybe that’s why I actually listened to Chancy and enjoyed them — they made me imagine Justice sampling Sonic the Hedgehog with the Jimmy Eat World guy singing — because they went to the trouble of stapling some cardstock at eye level to a pole.

So keep arguing about fonts, as long as they end up on some paper taped somewhere I can see it. — Steve Steward

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APPLICATION. NuStar Logistics, L.P., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 50595, which would authorize continued operation of the Grapevine Terminal located at 2400 Mustang Court, Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas 76092. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http://www.tceq. texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=32.923888&lng=-97.115&zoom=13&type=r. The existing facility and/or related facilities are authorized to emit the following air contaminants: carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less, and sulfur dioxide.

This application was submitted to the TCEQ on November 27, 2021. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Grapevine Public Library, 1201 Municipal Way, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ. The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. In addition to the renewal, this permitting action includes the incorporation of permits by rule, standard permits and emissions factor changes related to this permit. An amendment application that is not subject to public notice or an opportunity for a contested case hearing is also being reviewed. The reasons for any changes or incorporations, to the extent they are included in the renewed permit, may include the enhancement of operational control at the plant or enforceability of the permit.

The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

PUBLIC COMMENT. You may submit public comments, or a request for a contested case hearing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application.

The deadline to submit public comments is 15 days after newspaper notice is published. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to address in the permit process.

After the technical review is complete the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. If only comments are received, the response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application, will then be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or who is on the mailing list for this application, unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. You may request a contested case hearing. The applicant or the executive director may also request that the application be directly referred to a contested case hearing after technical review of the application. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 15 days from this notice, the executive director may act on the application. If no hearing request is received within this 15 day period, no further opportunity for hearing will be provided. According to the Texas Clean Air Act § 382.056(o) a contested case hearing may only be granted if the applicant’s compliance history is in the lowest classification under applicable compliance history requirements and if the hearing request is based on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Further, the Commission may only grant a hearing on those issues submitted during the public comment period and not withdrawn.

A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing within 15 days following this notice to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

If any requests for a contested case hearing are timely filed, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for a contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. Unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing, the executive director will mail the response to comments along with notification of Commission meeting to everyone who submitted comments or is on the mailing list for this application. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.

MAILING LIST. In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk for this application.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14. tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from NuStar Logistics, L.P., 4200 West Cliffside Road, Amarillo, Texas 79124-7830 or by calling Ms. Faithe Schwartzengraber, Environmental Manager at (806) 340-5427.

Amended Notice Issuance Date: March 29, 2022

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